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Chastain Rules, Schwarzenegger Drools As ‘Mama,’ ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Rule Box Office

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

The box office has spoken! Jessica Chastain scored the top two weekend spots over Arnold Schwarzenegger ( The Last Stand ) and the double-whammy of Mark Wahlberg and Russell Crowe ( Broken City ) as the Guillermo del Toro -produced fantasy horror Mama scored a #1 debut with $28.1 million and Zero Dark Thirty stepped into second place. (Oscar rival Jennifer Lawrence didn’t come out so bad herself as Silver Linings Playbook expanded to #3 in wide release the same weekend she tenderly slammed her fellow Best Actress contenders on Saturday Night Live .) More power to the ladies! But where, oh where, did Arnold land in his big action comeback? Schwarzenegger’s breezy actioner The Last Stand showed a surprising lack of muscle over the MLK holiday weekend, raking in just $6.7 million over three days and calling into question the potency of the ex-Governator’s screen appeal as it shuffled into tenth place at the box office. Tenth place. Ouch. Broken City , Fox’s Wahlberg-Crowe mano-a-mano crime pic, also debuted to rather limp returns, with a $9.5 million estimated weekend take (numbers via Deadline ). But if Arnie’s box office cache was proven less brawny than expected, the Best Actress-nominated duo of Chastain and Lawrence reflected strong appeal for both Oscar contenders, both of whom notched Golden Globes wins last weekend. For Chastain’s part, the genre gamble that is the feral child-ghost mother pic Mama could have thrown a wrench into her awards campaign but paid off; it currently sits at a better-than-most-horror-pics 62 percent rating at Rotten Tomatoes, but had some pundits wondering if Universal’s timing of the film’s release was part of a crafty plot to ruin the awards season momentum of her campaign for Sony’s Zero Dark Thirty . But audiences came for a double dose of Chastain in two very different roles — one in a prestige pic that underscored Chastain’s steely strength in a man’s world ( ZDT ), the other a genre pic built around an emotionally distant character gradually embracing her latent maternal instincts ( Mama ). Meanwhile, Silver Linings Playbook and its swelling Oscar momentum continues to be owned by Lawrence, whose audience appeal was solidified by SNL ‘s solid ratings Saturday night. With almost exactly a month left before Oscar ballots are due, this race is just starting to get good. Read more on the Oscars : After Golden Globes Win, Is ‘Argo’ The People’s Film? ‘Argo’ & ‘Les Misérables’ Take Top Movie Prizes At Golden Globes High Five! The Best GIFs Of The 2013 Golden Globes Follow Jen Yamato on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .

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Argo Tops A Disappointing Box Office; 4 Newcomers Bow Weak

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

All four studio releases debuted with a whimper at best and tanked at worst. Ben Affleck ‘s Argo topped the box office in a disappointing weekend. It is hard to estimate the impact on the onslaught of Hurricane Sandy had on Sunday on the East Coast as residents scurried to get ready for the storm, but the weekend’s box office took a hit nevertheless. Strong word-of-mouth made Argo one of the lone stars of the weekend. 1. Argo Gross: $12,355,000 (Cume: $60,780,288) Screens: 2,855 (PSA: $4,327) Week: 3 (Change: – 24.9%) Argo finally made it to number one three weeks into its release. But it was mostly by default because its competition from newcomers failed to make the box office grade. Still, Argo showed bravado on its own, with only a small dip in its returns, despite losing 392 locations. Word of mouth is clearly propelling the Ben Affleck-directed political thriller that is a strong contender for awards this season. A $100 million gross is certainly not out of the question. 2. Hotel Transylvania Gross: $9.5 million (Cume: $130,434,000) Screens: 3,276 (PSA: $2,900) Week: 5 (Change: – 26.9%) The animated feature jumped from fourth place last week to second in its fifth round. The $130 million-plus cumulative makes it one of Sony Pictures Animation’s top animated-only pic. It will eventually overtake The Smurfs , which grossed $142.6 million. 3. Cloud Atlas Gross: $9.4 million Screens: 2,008 (PSA: $4,681) Week: 1 Six slightly connected stories told over two hours and forty-four minutes was bound to be a marketing challenge. The pic received a C+ CinemaScore, so it’s going to be a steep trek for this $100 million movie sees any profit. Its recognizable cast should help it as it heads overseas. While it’s the best of the weekend’s newcomers, it clearly didn’t connect with audiences at the level needed. 4. Paranormal Activity 4 Gross: $8,675,000 (Cume: $42,632,365) Screens: 3,412 (PSA: $2,542) Week: 2 (Change: – 70.1%) The pic fell a heavy 70% from its opening weekend when it opened at number one with a $30.2 million open and an $8,851 screen average. The drop was steeper than Paranormal Activity 3 ‘s 66 percent drop. The third installment had grossed about $10 million more than the current pic by this point in its release. 5. Silent Hill: Revelation (3-D) Gross: $8 million Screens: 2,933 ($2,728) Week: 1 A weak opening for the pic, which is off 60 percent from the first movie’s $20.15 million debut. Competition from Paranormal Activity 4 and Sinister likely weighed in in suppressing box office activity for the title. 6. Taken 2 Gross: $8 million (Cume $117,389,000) Screens: 2,995 (PSA: $2,671) Week: 4 (Change: – 39.7%) The title lost 494 theaters compared to its third weekend and essentially tied with newcomer Silent Hill: Revelation (3-D) in the overall box office chart. Taken 2 is holding solid, beating out the first installment by $22 million. 7. Here Comes the Boom Gross: $5.5 million (Cume: $30,610,472) Screens: 2,491 (PSA: $2,208) Week: 3 (Change: – 34.6%) The film remained in seventh place in the b.o. chart, dropping over 34% and losing 523 theaters. Last weekend it averaged $2,820 compared to $3,981 in its debut. 8. Sinister Gross: $5.07 million (Cume: $39,514,955) Screens: 2,347 (2,160) Week: 3 (Change: – 42.5%) The title dropped 195 theaters in its third round and dropped a fairly strong 42 percent plus. But with a production budget of only $3 million, the title is a clear success and its roll-out will continue. Last weekend it averaged $3,552. 9. Alex Cross Gross: $5.05 million (Cume: $19,368,691) Screens: 2,541 (PSA: $1,987) Week: 2 (Change: – 55.7%) The pic dropped nearly 56%, a steep one for the titles second round. It added two locations and its $1,987 average compares to $4,489 in its debut. The crime thriller’s $35 million production budget means it has a tough road given its slow momentum. 10. Fun Size Gross: $4.06 million Screens: 3,014 (PSA: $1,347) Week: 1 Ouch, one of the worst of the weekend’s new offerings, the film clearly tanked with audiences. —– 13. Chasing Mavericks Gross: $2.2 million Screens: 2,002 (PSA: $1,099) Week: 1 The worst of the newcomers, the film failed to make the top ten even though it opened wide. The debut is the ninth worst ever for a film opening in over 2,000 theaters.

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Taken 2 Leads A Stellar Box Office Weekend; Frankenweenie Peters Out

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Taken 2 exploded in its opening with $50 million and a spectacular per screen average of $13,657 in wide release. The film had one of the biggest October openings ever, showing momentum that should propel it in the coming weeks. Last weekend’s box office topper, Hotel Transylvania , held strong in its second weekend, landing second in the box office ranking. Frankenweenie , meanwhile, failed to appeal to large numbers of theater-goers, only placing fifth on the box office chart in a wide open. 1. Taken 2 Gross: $50 million Screens: 3,661 (PSA: $13,657) Week: 1 Taken 2 dominated the weekend with one of October’s best openings in box office history. By contrast, the first Taken cashed in at $24.71 million in 2009 when it opened in 3,183 theaters. Not bad, and the performance helped propel the overall box office to another stellar weekend after six weeks in the doldrums, which ended last weekend spearheaded by Hotel Transylvania and Looper . Estimates had Taken 2 coming in around the mid-30 million range, but it far exceeded that low-ball figure. Taken 2 ‘s stellar result is outpaced by Paranormal Activity 3 , which took in just over $52.56 million on October 21, 2011. 2. Hotel Transylvania (3-D, animation) Gross: $26.3 million (Cume: $75,958,532) Screens: 3,352 (PSA: $7,846) Week: 2 (Change: – 38%) Last weekend’s top earner held strong in its second weekend with a decline of only about 36 – 38 per cent according to estimates. The Sony animation title added just three additional screens for its second round and its nearly $76 million cume means the title will easily match its estimated $85 million budget this week. 3. Pitch Perfect Gross: $14,736,400 (Cume: $21,582,608) Screens: 2,770 (PSA: $5,320) Week: 2 (Change: +186%) The title added 2,435 screens in its second weekend and the result was a move up the box office chart to third from its first frame at number six last week and a 186 per cent jump in revenue. Bring It On ($17.4 million) and Footloose , which opened one year ago at nearly $15.6 million suprassed Pitch Perfect . But its domestic total already surpasses its estimated $17 million production budget and it should make it to $50 million domestically. 4. Looper Gross: $12.2 million (Cume $40,300,651) Screens: 2,993 (PSA: $4,076) Week: 2 (Change: – 41%) Last week’s strong number 2 opener hell to fourth place with a 41 per cent drop in its box office after adding one more location. The title has already more than matched its $30 million production budget and will likely see northward of $70 – 80 million before it’s all said and done. 5. Frankenweenie Gross: $11.5 million Screens: 3,005 (PSA: $3,827) Week: 1 Ouch! Tim Burton’s latest stop motion pic has not caught audience attention the lead up and marketing campaigns might have suggested. His previous stop motion pic, Corpse Bride opened in much more limited release, so comparisons are a bit difficult. But that title bowed in only 5 theaters with a $77,633 average, but it went on to a $53,359,111 domestic cume in 2005 and $19.1 million in its initial wide expansion. 6. End of Watch Gross: $4 million (Cume: $32,845,946) Screens: 2,370 (PSA: $2,370) Week: 3 (Change: – 48%) The Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena cop drama tumbled 48% after losing 410 theaters in its third weekend. Still, the film has done very well considering its $7 million budget, though it may struggle to reach $50 million. 7. Trouble With the Curve Gross: $3,870,000 (Cume: $29,709,823) Screens: 3,003 (PSA: $1,289) Week: 3 (Change: – 46%) Last week’s fourth placed film landed at 7th in its third round. It’s per screen average also tumbled from last week’s $2,320 even as the title shed 209 theaters. 8. House at the End of the Street Gross: $3,698,000 (Cume: $27,531,144) Screens: 2,720 (PSA: $1,360) Week: 3 (Change: – 48%) House at the End of the Street ranked fifth in its second frame last week and placed 8th over the weekend after it lost 363 theaters vs one week previously. Its cume should top $30 million in the next week, tripling the thriller’s production budget. 9. The Master Gross: $1.84 million (Cume: $12,315,329) Screens: 864 (PSA: $2,130) Week: 4 (Change: – 31%) The big Oscar contender added only 8 theaters over last week following its huge theater jump two weeks ago. When it opened with a massive $147,262 per screen average in the second weekend of September following its Venice and Toronto premieres it seemed the sky was the limit, though it appears to have arrived more or less back to earth. 10. Finding Nemo (3-D, animation) Gross: $1,555,000 (Cume: $38,969,000) Screens: 1,746 (PSA: $890) Week: 4 (Change: -61%) Likely the final stand of the re-release’s life in the top 10. The second round of Finding Nemo will be hard pressed to reach half the $94 million cume that The Lion King re-release last year. [ Sources: Rentrak , Box Office Mojo ]

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The Possession And Lawless Top Labor Day Box Office

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Two newcomers, The Possession and Lawless topped the overall box office over Labor Day weekend, ending a summer that ended with not much of a bang. Overall, the Summer theatrical season fell nearly 3% from last year, winding up at $4.275 billion (vs $4.4 billion). The Expendables 2 , which had topped the box office for two weekends, made a landing in the third spot with only slightly less screens. Today’s grosses reflect a Friday through Monday Labor Day weekend numbers. The per cent change in revenue vs. the previous weekend only considers Friday – Sunday numbers. 1. The Possession Gross: $21.3 million Screens: 2,816 (PSA: $7,564) Week: 1 The end of the unofficial summer period proved softer than the beginning, though Lionsgate’s The Possession ended The Expendables 2 two-week reign atop the box office with a solid $21.3 million opener over the Friday through Monday Labor Day weekend. Last year, late summer arrivals Rise of the Planet of the Apes and The Help gave an end of season push with those two films alone grossing $286.8 million to the 2011 summer box office through Labor Day. 2. Lawless Gross: $13 million (Cume: $15.14 million – Wed. opening) Screens: 2,888 (PSA: $4,501) Week: 1 The Weinstein Company opted for a wide roll out of John Hillcoat’s Cannes crime drama Lawless . Still with a bevy of stars including Shia LaBeouf, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hardy, Guy Pearce and Gary Oldman, the box office results weren’t particularly spectacular. 3. The Expendables 2 Gross: $11.2 million (Cume: $68.559 million) Screens: 3,334 (PSA: $3,359) Week: 3 (Change: – 34% vs three day gross of $8.9 million) After two weeks at number one, Expendables 2 skidded to the number three spot in its third weekend. The Friday – Sunday gross came in at $8.9 million for a 34% overall decline for the same days the previous weekend. The pic remained in nearly the same number of theaters vs. one week prior, which stood at 3,355 though the decline in screens likely indicates the title has piqued. 4. The Bourne Legacy Gross: $9,377,345 (Cume $98,375,785) Screens: 3,131 (PSA: $2,995) Week: 4 (Change: – 22% vs three day gross of $7,326,540) The Bourne Legacy settled at number four over Labor Day weekend after placing second the previous weekend. The Universal release lost 523 theaters though its screen average actually jumped over the previous week to $2,995 from $2,540 and its overall revenue drop was only 22% (in a straight Friday – Sunday comparison) despite the fairly steep loss of venues. 5. Paranorman (3-D, Animation) Gross: $8,817,758 (Cume: $40,292,002) Screens: 3,085 (PSA: $2,858) Week: 3 (Change: – 24% vs three day gross of $6,550,735) Paranorman lost 370 screens Labor Day weekend, but also saw its screen average rise to $2,858 over the previous weekend’s $2,473. In a straight Friday – Sunday comparison, the title was only down 24% from the previous Friday – Sunday gross, not bad considering the decline in capacity. 6. The Odd Life of Timothy Green Gross: $8.502 million (Cume: $38.38 million) Screens: 2,635 (PSA: $3,227) Week: 3 (Change: – 12% vs three day gross of $6,249,000) Disney’s The Odd Life of Timothy Green held steady in the sixth position in its third weekend. The title added 37 locations and its Friday – Sunday revenue dropped only 12% from the previous Friday – Sunday period. 7. The Dark Knight Rises Gross: $7.93 million (Cume: $433,246,000) Screens: 2,187 (PSA: $3,626) Week: 7 (Change: – 16% vs three day gross of $6.1 million) 8. 2016: Obama’s America Gross: $7,086,686 (Cume: $20,253,719) Screens: 1,747 (PSA: $4,056) Week: 8 (Change: – 14% vs three day gross of $5,586,686) The anti-Obama doc took on a good amount of extra capacity over the holiday weekend, adding 656 theaters. It’s overall Friday – Sunday gross dropped 14% from the previous week. The title has now grossed more than Michael Moore’s previous effort, Capitalism: A Love Story , which totaled $14,363,397 domestically. 9. The Campaign Gross: $7.02 million (Cume: $74,597,000) Screens: 2,941 (PSA: $2,387) Week: 4 (Change: – 24% vs three day gross of $5,665,000) The comedy dropped from fourth to ninth place in its fourth weekend, also losing 361 locations over the prior week. 10. Hope Springs Gross: $6 million (Cume: $53,357,000) Screens: 2,441 (PSA: $2,458) Week: 4 (Change: – 18% vs three day gross of $4.7 million) Hope Springs landed in the top 10 over Labor Day weekend after placing ninth last week. The title added 39 screens.

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The Bourne Legacy And The Campaign Open Solid

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

The Bourne Legacy and The Campaign opened over the weekend with enough gusto to topple The Dark Knight Rises from its box office throne, though the final installment in the Christopher Nolan-directed Batman trilogy still held solid in the third spot in the overall box office rankings. Hope Springs gained momentum after its mid-week bow, while Total Recall lands soft in its second frame. 1. The Bourne Legacy Gross: $40,265,491 Screens: 3,745 (PSA: $10,752) Week: 1 The latest Bourne easily snatched the top spot in the overall box office in its debut, ending the long reign of The Dark Knight Rises . But compared to its most immediate predecessor, the latest installment came in a bit thinner. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) landed at just per $69.28 million in its opening weekend in 3,660 theaters, averaging $18,929. The pic went on to gross over $227.47 million in the domestic box office. Legacy also opened in 13 small territories, grossing $7.8 million, bringing its worldwide total to $48.1 million. 2. The Campaign Gross: $27.44 million Screens: 3,205 (PSA: $8,562) Week : 1 The comedy touched the funny bone for audiences, grabbing the second spot in the box office. It is the biggest weekend opener for Will Ferrell since 2010 comedy The Other Guys , which came in at over $35.5 million in 3,651 theaters. 3. The Dark Knight Rises Gross: $19.54 million (Cume: $390,149,000) Screens: 3,690 (PSA: $5,295) Week: 4 (Change: – 45%) The Christopher Nolan-directed Batman finale held the top spot for three weeks in the domestic box office, but has likely crested Stateside. The blockbuster dropped 552 theaters from the previous week and its screen average came in at $5,295 vs the previous weekend’s $8,590. Its worldwide cume is now well over $835.4 million. 4. Hope Springs Gross: $15.6 million (Cume: $20,053,000 – Opened Wednesday) Screens: 2,361 (PSA: $6,607) Week: 1 The Meryl Streep-starrer opened quietly mid-week, but received a flurry of audience attention as the weekend hit. Streep’s Julie & Julia , for comparison sake, debuted on 2,354 theaters in 2009, grossing just north of $20 million, averaging $8,508. 5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days Gross: $8,200,000 (Cume: $30,554,008) Screens: 3,401 (PSA: $2,411) Week: 2 (Change: – 44%) The comedy added just 10 locations in its second weekend. Its worldwide gross is now over $36.55 million. 6. Total Recall Gross: $8.1 million (Cume: $44.188 million) Screens: 3,601 (PSA: $2,249) Week: 2 (Change: – 68%) The Total Recall reboot stayed in the same number of theaters and in its second round, the title appears to be sputtering with a 68% decline in gross compared to its tepid opening weekend of $26 million. Overseas, the pic has grossed an additional $27.5 million.

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Snow White and the Huntsman Reigns Atop Box Office; What Did You Watch?

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Brava to the dewy-cheeked Kristen Stewart , who opened Snow White and the Huntsman , the weekend’s number one movie, by swinging a sword and championing girl power without having to kiss a single vampire! (Those two hunky human suitors and the riveting fabulosity that was Charlize Theron didn’t hurt either.) Nice to see girls ruling while boys drooled over the box office — well, their male-driven movies ( Men in Black 3 , Avengers , Battleship ), anyway. Tell us what you saw this weekend as we go to the receipts! 1. Snow White and the Huntsman Gross: $56,255,000 (new) Screens: 3,773 (PSA: $14,910) Weeks: 1 Well, well, well. Stewart’s first big non- Twilight movie made a strong showing over the weekend, outdoing Men in Black 3 ’s debut with the one-two-three punch of KStew, Chris Hemsworth, and Charlize Theron. Coming in with the fourth biggest opening of the year, the dark fairytale soared on dazzling visuals even if audiences only gave it a “B” CinemaScore rating. 2. Men in Black 3 Gross: $29,300,000 ($112,300,000) Screens: 4,248 (PSA $6,897) Weeks: 2 (Change: -46.3%) Foreign tallies will help Will Smith and Co. get over their 46.3 percent drop-off – even at only $112 million domestically, the sci-fi threequel has topped $386 million globally, and counting. Still, it’s not quite time to get MIB4 in gear, seeing as the reported production budget was a whopping $225 million alone. 3. The Avengers Gross: $20,273,000 ($552,737,000) Screens: 3,670 (PSA: $5,524) Weeks: 5 (Change: -44.7%) $1.35 billion worldwide and counting. That is all. 4. Battleship Gross: $4,810,000 ($55,123,000) Screens: 3,144 (PSA $1,530) Weeks: 3 (Change: -56.5%) Say bye bye to Battleship as it continues sinking ever faster down the Top 10. Universal’s thanking their lucky stars for the foreign markets right about now, as domestic take has totally a paltry $55.1 million in three weeks. 5. The Dictator Gross: $4,725,000 ($50,835,000) Screens: 2,649 (PSA $1,784) Weeks: 3 (Change: -49.1%) Still just the third-best performing Sacha Baron Cohen movie to date. N/A Piranha 3DD Gross: $179,000 (new) Screens: 86 (PSA $2,081) Weeks: 1 Well, they tried . Kinda . [Figures via Box Office Mojo ]

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First Skyfall Teaser: Bond. Bleak Bond.

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Get excited for the first teaser for Skyfall, which steps beyond gay-travel-brochure stylings , Heineken gambits , and Photoshop banalities into a more conventional realm of 007 viral marketing. To wit: Daniel Craig, working his wounded, blue-eyed magic as the world’s most tormented superspy. Things are getting dark around here! Which doesn’t mean we can’t have a little fun — at least visually , right? Needs more Javier Bardem , but hey. The table — and the mood — are set by director Sam Mendes, who knows from crippling emo despondency . ” Skyfall ? Skyfall ?” “Done.” Not soon enough, alas: The film arrives in theaters Nov. 9. Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .

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The Avengers Sink Battleship at the Box Office

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Another Monday morning, and thus another look at what carnage The Avengers has wrought at the weekend box office. And while things aren’t as bad as they may look at first for Battleship and the rest of the competition, they’re not what you’d call pretty. Your Weekend Receipts are here. 1. The Avengers Gross: $55,057,000 ($457,078,000) Screens: 4,249 (PSA $12,958) Weeks: 3 (Change: -46.6%) Marvel’s megahit settled into No. 10 all-time in terms of domestic gross, No. 6 all-time in terms of global gross, and became the highest-grossing US release ever for Disney… in three weeks . It should wind up in top three in all the major box-office categories by the time it’s done, leaving unanswered only the question of where it will stand two months from now against The Dark Knight Rises . Which I’m sure is a question you are very much preoccupying yourself with. Anyway, hats off to all. 2. Battleship Gross: $25,300,000 (new) Screens: 3,690 (PSA: $6,856) Weeks: 1 Did Hasbro and Universal want a better domestic turnout for their huge-budget board-game spectacular? Of course they did. Is this the worst-case scenario for either/or/both? Hardly, especially after a foreign run that has already pulled in $215 million. John Carter it’s not , though don’t be surprised if you happen to see at least one head rolling around the studio lot sometime in the next or two. Whose will it be? Place your wager in the comments! 3. The Dictator Gross: $17,415,000 ($24,456,000) Screens: 3,008 (PSA $5,790) Weeks: 1 On the one hand, not a terrible showing on a congested weekend for an R-rated comedy full of Sacha Baron Cohen’s usual shtick. On the other, shtick aside, we finally get an original script not based on a board-game, a self-help book, a ’60s TV show, etc., and it lurches quietly into third place. I feel like we need to support these things on principle, folks. So what if you only laugh four times in 80 minutes? It’s better than throwing up in your mouth four times or renouncing moviegoing altogether, no? OK, don’t answer that. 4. Dark Shadows Gross: $12,770,000 ($50,908,000) Screens: 3,755 (PSA $3,401) Weeks: 2 (Change: -57.0%) Oy: A 57 percent drop in week two for a Johnny Depp film — his worst since Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End plunged 61.5 percent in 2007. Of course, that was after a $139 million Memorial Day opening , so… yeah. Perspective. Not good. 5. What to Expect When You’re Expecting Gross: $10,500,000 (new) Screens: 3,021 (PSA: $3,476) Weeks: 1 Yikes! And the reviews were so good , too. [Figures via Box Office Mojo ] Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .

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Weekend Receipts: Hunger Games Makes it Three in a Row on Quiet Holiday

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Happy Monday! Did you have a good holiday weekend? Here’s hoping it was better than what transpired over the last few days at the box office, where returns ranged from modest to sluggish as America’s families holed up with God and the Masters and whatever else struck their fancies while multiplexes hummed along quietly with a shrinking blockbuster and a few decent runners-up. Your Weekend Receipts 1. The Hunger Games Gross: $33,500,000 ($302,839,000) Screens: 4,137 (PSA $8,098) Weeks: 3 (Change: -42.8%) Spring’s mega-hit crossed the $300 million mark sometime Sunday, while the global tally rose to an insane $459 million. Continued congrats to the gang at Lionsgate, for whom this money will no doubt buy at least 15 new Tyler Perry films. 2. American Reunion Gross: $21,500,000 (new) Screens: 3,192 (PSA $6,736) Weeks: 1 As the American franchise goes, a $21 million opening falls on the low side of a spectrum that runs from American Pie ‘s $18.7 million debut in 1999 to the first sequel’s tremendous $45.1 million bow in 2001. On the bright side, all three previous films grew wickedly long tails here and abroad, pulling in well over $200 million at the end of the day. So sure: It’s not a number you can penetrate a pie with, but history suggests that it’ll get the job done. 3. Titanic 3D Gross: $17,350,000 ($25,710,000) Screens: 2,674 (PSA: $6,488) Weeks: 1 It’s a good thing that James Cameron and Co. aren’t just a bunch of ” greedy motherfuckers ,” because this showing would probably represent quite the disappointment. Art takes the day! 4. Wrath of the Titans Gross: $15,010,000 ($58,899,000) Screens: 3,545 (PSA: $4,234) Weeks: 2 (Change: -55.1%) Barring some late foreign-market miracle, this franchise is probably dead: At $200 million to make and market, it should be sitting on a little softer B.O. cushion than $135 million right now. Dare I say good riddance? 5. Mirror Mirror Gross: $19,000,000 ($36,473,000) Screens: 3,545 (PSA $4,234) Weeks: 2 (Change: -39.3%) A better-than-expected hold, but not much better. That’s about all that I’ve got. [Figures via Box Office Mojo ] Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .

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Weekend Receipts: Jump For Joy

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Despite the stiff competition of the NCAA tournament and the local bar, the multiplex fared all right over St. Patrick’s Day weekend: The single new wide release 21 Jump Street was a hit, and The Lorax retained its blockbuster status in its third week of release. Not bad! Your Weekend Receipts are here. 1. 21 Jump Street Gross: $35,000,000 (new) Screens: 3,121 (PSA $11,214) Weeks: 1 Despite (or because of?) its R-rating, the TV reboot/adaptation scored in a terrific per-screen average and stands to come in a sturdy (if distant) second next weekend to The Hunger Games . Great job, Sony! Next up: T.J. Hooker , starring Danny McBride. OK, never mind. 2. Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax Gross: $22,800,000 ($158,400,000) Screens: 3,769 (PSA: $6,049) Weeks: 3 (Change: -41.3%) The domestic total is extraordinary, but factor in the 30 or so foreign markets where The Lorax has yet to open (or at least be reported), and we might be on the cusp of a half-billion dollar phenomenon. In which case, how do we sequelize Seuss? Do we sequelize Seuss? 3. John Carter Gross: $13,515,000 ($53,172,000) Screens: 3,749 (PSA $3,605) Weeks: 2 (Change: -55.2%) Decent overseas numbers notwithstanding, you can cry for John Carter now. 4. Project X Gross: $4,005,000 ($48,131,000) Screens: 2,922 (PSA $1,371) Weeks: 3 (Change: -64.1%) It’s not too often that you see a film averaging less than $1,400 per screen coming in fourth overall, especially after a 64 percent drop. It’s even rarer to… 5. A Thousand Words Gross: $3,750,000 ($12,103,000) Screens: 2,952 (PSA $1,979) Weeks: 2 (Change: -39.3%) …surpass a fifth-place finisher with a higher average on virtually the same number of screens. And a mere 39 percent drop. Fluke of the Irish, etc. etc. [Figures via Box Office Mojo ] Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .

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